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Idiot Proof Pendrive Mounting in Linux

Ok, I admit, I just need a quicker way to mount my pendrive. My problem is, I always forget the correct command and it really takes a while to learn if the pendrive is sda or sdb or sdb1, etc. See, it is confusing :)

1. Copy a new file (test.txt) in your pendrive using your Windows machine.

2. Insert the pendrive to your Linux machine.

3. Create a new folder /usb

4. Type mount -t vfat /dev/xxx /usb. The trick here is, xxx can be replaced by sda, sda1, sda2, sda2, sdb, sdb1, sdc, etc…

5. After successful mount, go to /usb and check if you can see the file test.txt. If you can see, it is the right mount. If not, use umount /dev/xxx and then you can try again. When umount, make sure you are not in /usb folder, otherwise it will show busy sign.

Good luck

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  1. Linux shell access surely made me a linux lover. haha



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